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What is the most powerful flying bug?
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🦋 15 3.71%
🦇 115 28.47%
🪰 12 2.97%
🐦 67 16.58%
dragonfly 94 23.27%
🦟 14 3.47%
🐝 87 21.53%
Total: 404 votes
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bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Adenoid Dan posted:

I would ask how hard it could possibly be to hire a spokesperson who doesn't freely spout Nazi phrenologist poo poo but I'm Canadian so

alas, nazi phrenologist poo poo has entirely colonized anything even remotely related to Russia. You can either look for things published/statements given before the war or wait 30 possibly 40 years.

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dead gay comedy forums
Oct 21, 2011


Clip-On Fedora posted:

You know, when I think of Mongols, I don’t think of a grouping of people who want to be slaves. Quite the opposite actually!

never quite got that one tbqh

like, in historical terms, telling your enemy that they are of the stock of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Attila and Tamerlane, how the gently caress did that become derogatory (of course the answer is 19th century scientific racism)

tristeham
Jul 31, 2022

Dokapon Findom
Dec 5, 2022

But have you considered whether the child murdered by the driver of that truck was riding an oversized bike?!?! Children riding oversized bikes are the scourge of our roadways!!
It's interesting how the west isn't sending the best of anything. People, weapons, none of it

Zeppelin Insanity
Oct 28, 2009

Wahnsinn
Einfach
Wahnsinn

dead gay comedy forums posted:

never quite got that one tbqh

like, in historical terms, telling your enemy that they are of the stock of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Attila and Tamerlane, how the gently caress did that become derogatory (of course the answer is 19th century scientific racism)

It's simple, asians are simple-minded (though inscrutable), submissive, and generally inferior to white people, such as ukrainians, and, frankly, just subhuman. the mongols only had a great empire because they were a horde, because they are subhuman. This is how people actually think.

It's also supposed to conjure up images of Europe uniting to try to stem the tide of foreign invasion by a subhuman horde.

They haven't read the part of the history books that talk about how a (relatively to what they were up to elsewhere) small force of Mongols was able to clown on the mightiest armies of Europe.

Zeppelin Insanity
Oct 28, 2009

Wahnsinn
Einfach
Wahnsinn

Dokapon Findom posted:

It's interesting how the west isn't sending the best of anything. People, weapons, none of it

they're not sending their best. and some, i assume, are good missiles.

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
That or maybe just the West sucks period.

cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013




Think Tank wife and it's about FF's wife.

ProperGanderPusher
Jan 13, 2012




Zeppelin Insanity posted:

It's simple, asians are simple-minded (though inscrutable), submissive, and generally inferior to white people, such as ukrainians, and, frankly, just subhuman. the mongols only had a great empire because they were a horde, because they are subhuman. This is how people actually think.

It's also supposed to conjure up images of Europe uniting to try to stem the tide of foreign invasion by a subhuman horde.

They haven't read the part of the history books that talk about how a (relatively to what they were up to elsewhere) small force of Mongols was able to clown on the mightiest armies of Europe.

I have an acquaintance who insists Russians and Ukrainians look completely different. Ukrainians look like Germans (because they have purer Rus Viking blood), while the Russians are broad faced with Asian features (due to Tatar intermixing). As far as I’m concerned it’s the same vibe as 19th century Anglos insisting the Irish don’t look like white people at all.

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
Btw, there has been a lot of talk about how the Ukrainians just need to cut Russian supply lines and they're toast, it seems like the Russians have already completed bypass rail line away from the frontline to at least Mariupol. I imagine if Tokmak was never taken they would keep on extending it down the coast. The Ukrainians would have to force their way all the way down there to Melitopol to completely sever Russian lines.

Ardennes has issued a correction as of 01:33 on Sep 28, 2023

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/SmartUACat/status/1706660043591237654

geraniums are surprisingly tough against small autocannons

bro you can see them score a hit in this video

Ardennes
May 12, 2002

Stairmaster posted:

bro you can see them score a hit in this video

Right, and it didn't seem to stop it.

Cpt_Obvious
Jun 18, 2007

Wtf is going on between India and Canada? Anyone got a good link?

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Ardennes posted:

Right, and it didn't seem to stop it.

thats a problem with the bullet not the gun

Megamissen
Jul 19, 2022

any post can be a kannapost
if you want it to be

Raskolnikov38 posted:

balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls of stahl

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Dokapon Findom posted:

It's interesting how the west isn't sending the best of anything. People, weapons, none of it

All irreplaceable. Can't reproduce any of it in even ordinary replacement quantities.

Raytheon panicked at the idea of losing their Chinese suppliers.

HerraS
Apr 15, 2012

Looking professional when committing genocide is essential. This is mostly achieved by using a beret.

Olive drab colour ensures the genocider will remain hidden from his prey until it's too late for them to do anything.



Cpt_Obvious posted:

Wtf is going on between India and Canada? Anyone got a good link?

A Sikh separatist leader got gunned down by masked killers in Vancouver and the Canadians said India might perhaps be involved so the hindutvas are freaking out

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fIWaUVrtc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAzs4gv-wcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LddW8xnBVgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYF64IoY1M4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEK5WrGHMqM]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTke0wRuSR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GEe_1Wbld0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IhBVi8qfF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYgloXSUxK4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpjd3ftivLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tznoUYVnBKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE6jsB2EX3c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWIOA_G6PQg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPqc9d2rMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ2TEC_ZQGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG9ZtLP3gT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcS7Z708FMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQHBcYSD-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUViSjo6nWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB_R0UW1few
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKH6WFasGgg

tristeham
Jul 31, 2022

Deadly Ham Sandwich
Aug 19, 2009
Smellrose

Stairmaster posted:

thats a problem with the bullet not the gun
This is why Twitter posts suck rear end. All the context is given in follow up posts. Poster complains that some explosive is needed, but Ukraine isn't getting it, so the AA guns are less effective than a shotgun with buckshot.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Drones yes, timed proximity fuses for anti air flak shells what Martian sci fi technology is this?

In the land of historical reenactment enthusiasts no less.

Ardennes
May 12, 2002

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

This is why Twitter posts suck rear end. All the context is given in follow up posts. Poster complains that some explosive is needed, but Ukraine isn't getting it, so the AA guns are less effective than a shotgun with buckshot.

It seemed like an explosive round btw, it is just the Geran is kind of tough to take down unless you hit its payload/propulsion which are probably somewhat protected. You can't just wing it, its wings are too broad, you need to cause something catastrophic to happen to it.

It isn't some superweapon, it is just taking out drones is often easier said than done.

Oglethorpe
Aug 8, 2005
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if putin can keep a defensive position on the breakaway regions and there's a peace agreement signed, there's gonna be a whole lotta ukrainians looking at zelensky asking him what they died for.

probably fomenting a new nationalist stab-in-the-back myth

wouldn't wanna be that guy

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
A signed peace agreement to freeze things is best case for the west to rearm and rebuild.

I mean sure maybe Russia will fall for minsc 3. That's theoretically possible.

FrancisFukyomama
Feb 4, 2019

Cpt_Obvious posted:

Wtf is going on between India and Canada? Anyone got a good link?

a disturbing new photo of the assassin emerged, showing him just seconds before the fatal shot

Ardennes
May 12, 2002

DancingShade posted:

A signed peace agreement to freeze things is best case for the west to rearm and rebuild.

I mean sure maybe Russia will fall for minsc 3. That's theoretically possible.

I don't think the Russians are really under much pressure at this point, they can always build more trenches. At this point, the Russians are just standing back and hitting targets across the country, they know the Ukrainians ran out of steam weeks ago, and pretty much can't really do much out of beyond putting on a show every 1-2 weeks.

That said, any big Russian offensive may be happening in 2024 just based on MoD statements and the timing of their recruitment.

Virtual Russian
Sep 15, 2008

FrancisFukyomama posted:

a disturbing new photo of the assassin emerged, showing him just seconds before the fatal shot

lol

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022

FrancisFukyomama posted:

a disturbing new photo of the assassin emerged, showing him just seconds before the fatal shot

lol

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022
headcanon is trudeau does blackface at home when he takes his work outfit off

tristeham
Jul 31, 2022

FrancisFukyomama posted:

a disturbing new photo of the assassin emerged, showing him just seconds before the fatal shot

lmao

Torpor
Oct 20, 2008

.. and now for my next trick, I'll pretend to be a political commentator...

HONK HONK

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/SmartUACat/status/1706660043591237654

geraniums are surprisingly tough against small autocannons

wonder if they will ever program drones to fly in erratic sinusoidal or phugoid paths to throw off tracking?

edit: it is interesting to point out that the United Stares (kinda) developed a “flying lawnmower missile” in the LOCAAS (low cost autonomous attack system) back in late 1990’s that was to run about $30,000 per missile. which is like $60,000 in todays money versus the Shahed’s $20,000 but not bad for the US’s MIC

Torpor has issued a correction as of 23:51 on Sep 27, 2023

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer

Ardennes posted:

It seemed like an explosive round btw, it is just the Geran is kind of tough to take down unless you hit its payload/propulsion which are probably somewhat protected. You can't just wing it, its wings are too broad, you need to cause something catastrophic to happen to it.

It isn't some superweapon, it is just taking out drones is often easier said than done.

Yep the gunner saw 'critical hit' but nothing happened and now they're shouting at their twitch chat

sullat
Jan 9, 2012

Nonsense posted:

Stalin created a cannibal island

He just placed them on an island with no food or supplies; they chose to resort to cannibalism of their own free will!

BearsBearsBears
Aug 4, 2022

DancingShade posted:

I mean sure maybe Russia will fall for minsc 3. That's theoretically possible.
He's just not the same as he was in 1 and 2.

Gripweed
Nov 8, 2018

Some Guy TT posted:

it owns how propaganda like this has americans completely convinced that our grandparents definitely totally hated nazis big league and would never ever have done anything even remotely resembling a genocide and anytime someone tries to point out the trend the typical reply is its just a story bro why mad

still feeling hella salty that a resistance bullshit fantasy like man in the high castle went on for four seasons and got a bazillion plaudits while the plot against america just disappeared into obscurity because the idea that intelligent people could buy into something as obviously stupid as fascist apologism hit too close to home

Wait I didn’t watch the show, did they really turn Man in the High Castle into a cool resistance story? Because the main thing from the book is about how living as the underclass in a racist system is a series of constant small humiliations visited upon you by not only others but by yourself internally.

They turned that into Red Dawn?

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022

Nonsense posted:

Stalin created a cannibal island

confirmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwJEYkThWr0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=babDk3bnoWI

FirstnameLastname
Jul 10, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgI2cCMzGDY<

thats really neat id figured he picked the name just because Bay area raps intentionally retarded like mac dre was doin in 03 ot so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp2TPS9Kb_8

but then hes actually hella revolutionary sounding and just gets how far you can go before the feds murder u

FirstnameLastname has issued a correction as of 00:16 on Sep 28, 2023

Cpt_Obvious
Jun 18, 2007

FrancisFukyomama posted:

a disturbing new photo of the assassin emerged, showing him just seconds before the fatal shot

BadOptics
Sep 11, 2012

Ytlaya posted:

Has anyone posted this yet?

https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1707004495824027818?s=19

Extremely funny/deranged

quote:

- Admits decision to fire Cirillo was “political” and came “the highest level” — so high that it didn’t come from Ukraine itself but “New York.”


Lol that's a pretty loud dog whistle.

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Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Speaking of Nazi resistance stuff, the newer Wolfenstein games are pretty silly. There's one where the protagonist is lambasting this anarchist guy (who rails against the evils of pre-Nazi America as his explanation for not fighting in WW2) for the Bolsheviks/socialists not taking up arms against the Nazis, and it was just very silly. The anarchist guy is also portrayed as good (since he's fighting the Nazis now), but it seems pretty clear that you're supposed to think the protagonist has a point.

There's just this whole set of media framing Americans (or Western Europeans) as being the face of "badass Nazi-killers," which includes things like Inglorious Basterds. Most people, including leftists, seem to think this stuff is good because "killing Nazis, gently caress yeah!", but it's just complete bullshit that paints this completely wrong picture of what America actually represented in the context of "fighting the Nazis."

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